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Investigation of prevalence and risk factors for Campylobacter in broiler flocks at slaughter: results from a UK survey.
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Epidemiology and infection [Epidemiol Infect] 2012 Oct; Vol. 140 (10), pp. 1725-37. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 May 25. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- During 2007-2009 a UK-wide, 3-year stratified randomized survey of UK chicken broiler flocks was conducted to estimate the prevalence of Campylobacter-infected batches of birds at slaughter. Thirty-seven abattoirs, processing 88·3% of the total UK slaughter throughput, were recruited at the beginning of the survey. Of the 1174 slaughter batches sampled, 79·2% were found to be colonized with Campylobacter, the majority of isolates being C. jejuni. Previous partial depopulation of the flock [odds ratio (OR) 5·21], slaughter in the summer months (categorized as June, July and August; OR 14·27) or autumn months (categorized as September, October and November; OR 1·70) increasing bird age (40-41 days, OR 3·18; 42-45 days, OR 3·56; ⩾46 days, OR 13·43) and higher recent mortality level in the flock (1·00-1·49% mortality, OR 1·57; ⩾1·49% mortality, OR 2·74) were all identified as significant risk factors for Campylobacter colonization of the birds at slaughter. Time in transit to the slaughterhouse of more than 2·5 h was identified as a protective factor (OR 0·52).
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1469-4409
- Volume :
- 140
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Epidemiology and infection
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22631874
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268812000982